Application Programming Interface (API)

Endpoints

Endpoint: /books

Formats: Atom, XML

Description: List all books (20 items)

Parameters:

• letter: display the books with ... as the first letter of their name
• year: book released in ...
• lang: language of the book
• order: normally from A to Z, use desc to reverse order or year to sort them by release date

Endpoint: /books/top

Formats: Atom, XML

Description: List top books (20 items)

Parameters:

• letter: display the books with ... as the first letter of their name
• year: book released in ...
• lang: language of the book
• order: normally overall, week will display the most popular for the previous week and month for the last 4 weeks

Endpoint: /books/recent

Formats: Atom, XML, RSS

Description: List recent books (20 items)

Parameters:

• letter: display the books with ... as the first letter of their name
• year: book released in ...
• lang: language of the book

Endpoint: /books/search

Formats: Atom, XML

Description: Search for a book

Parameters:

• query: you can use advanced queries too (for example "type:Horror AND Lovecraft")

Endpoint: /book/:id/similar

Formats: Atom, XML

Description: List similar books for a given book

Parameters: none

 

Endpoint: /book/:id/lists

Formats: Atom, XML

Description: View in which list a book is included

Parameters:

• order: normally the order is based on the number of favorites, use asc or desc to switch this to alphabetical order

Legacy XML view

This is considered deprecated and won't be maintained anymore.

<book id="225">
  <dc:title>The Pickwick Papers</dc:title>
  <dc:author id="21">Dickens, Charles</dc:author>
  <dc:identifier>http://www.feedbooks.com/book/225</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:date>1832</dc:date>
  <dc:subject>Novels</dc:subject>
  <cover>http://www.feedbooks.com/book/225.png</cover>
  <files>
    <pdf>http://www.feedbooks.com/book/225.pdf</pdf>
    <epub>http://www.feedbooks.com/book/225.epub</epub>
    <mobipocket>http://www.feedbooks.com/book/225.mobi</mobipocket>
  </files>
</book>